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▪ I. costrel1 Obs. exc. dial.|ˈkɒstrəl|
Forms: 4–5 costril(le, -ell(e, 5 costrele, -ylle, costerell, (6 kostorell, 7 castrel), 9 costril, 4–9 costrel.
[a. OF. costerel, synonymous with costeret: cf. med.L. costārium, costerium, ‘poculum vinarium’, and, in same sense, costrellus (Du Cange).
OF. costerel, -et, are generally taken as dims. of coste basket, panier; but they have the form of dims. of costier ‘that is by the side’, L. type *costārius. Cf. the med.L. equivalent collateralis, also OF. costereau (= costerel) a dweller side by side, a neighbour.]
A vessel for holding or carrying wine or other liquid; a large bottle with an ear or ears by which it could be suspended from the waist (whence the antiquarian designation ‘pilgrim's bottle’), or a small wooden keg similarly used, in which sense it is still in dialect use.[a1400MS. in Promp. Parv. 95 Uter, anglice a botel, sed collateralis, anglice a costrelle. De cute dicis utres, de ligno collaterales.] c1380Sir Ferumbr. 510 Ac by myddel þer hongeþ her a costrel..ful of þat bame cler þat precious ys & fre. 1382Wyclif Ruth ii. 9 If also thou thrustist, go to the litil costrils [v.r. costretis] and drynke watris. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2666 Hyperm., And therwithalle a costrel [so 3 MSS.; 3 costret] taketh he And seyde, ‘Hereof a draught, or two, or three’. c1430Lydg. Bochas vii. viii. (1554) 172 b. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxix, The costrell that is olde whan it receyueth new wyne..bolneth oute and is in poynte for to cleue & brest. c1450Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 724/9 Hic colateralis, a costrille. 1454Test. Ebor. (Surtees) I. 173 A costerell for ale. 1572Inv. G. Cope in Midl. Co. Hist. Coll. II. 331 Two kostorells of foure gallons a piece for drinke. 1709Hearne Collect. 5 Oct., In the north they say a costrel of Tarr for a barrell of Tarr. 1824–8Carr Craven Dial., Costril, a small barrel. It was formerly used here instead of a bottle, by labourers who took milk and beer in it. 1859Tennyson Geraint & Enid 386 A youth, that following with a costrel bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. 1874Archæol. Jrnl. Dec. 431 Mrs. Baily sent for exhibition two costrels, or pilgrims' bottles.
▪ II. costrel2 Obs. exc. dial.
In 7 -ill.
[Cf. costard 2.]
The head.
1604Meeting of Gallants 12 Vnless some Country Fore⁓horse came by..with a Raine-beaten Feather in his costrill. 1640R. Brathwait Bolster Lect. 92 A wife..that no image was (for shee could speake) And now and then her husbands costrell breake. 1891In Sheffield dial. Costrel = the head (S.O. Addy).
▪ III. costrel, -ing
var. custrel, -ing, Obs. |